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THREAD: Judges 19. When life in Israel becomes like life in Sodom.
As usual, the aim isn’t to cover/summarise the whole text, but simply to pick out particular and sometimes overlooked points of interest.
As usual, the aim isn’t to cover/summarise the whole text, but simply to pick out particular and sometimes overlooked points of interest.
Just when we think things can’t get much worse in the book of Judges (cp. chs. 17-18), it turns out they can.
And, remarkably, what happens: a] is said to fall into the category of ‘things which are good in man’s eyes’ (19.24),
and b] takes place early on in Israel’s history.
And, remarkably, what happens: a] is said to fall into the category of ‘things which are good in man’s eyes’ (19.24),
and b] takes place early on in Israel’s history.
In ch. 19, ‘the men of Gibeah’ rape and murder a Levite’s concubine.
And, in ch. 20, when the Israelites gather together to punish the guilty party (& rightly so),
...the Benjaminites decide to take their stand with the guilty men of Gibeah rather than with the rest of Israel,
And, in ch. 20, when the Israelites gather together to punish the guilty party (& rightly so),
...the Benjaminites decide to take their stand with the guilty men of Gibeah rather than with the rest of Israel,
